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<p>After you've added the Custom Formats, as explained in <ahref="/Sonarr/sonarr-import-custom-formats/"rel="noopener noreferrer"target="_blank">How to import Custom Formats</a>.
You will need to set it up in the quality Profile you want to use/prefer to make use of the Custom Formats.</p>
<li>Allow upgrades. Sonarr will stop upgrading quality once (3) is met.</li>
<li>Upgrade until the selected quality.</li>
<li>The <code>Minimum Custom Format Score</code> allowed to download. <ahref="#minimum-custom-format-score">More Info</a></li>
<li>Keep upgrading Custom Format until this score is reached. (setting this to <code>0</code> means no upgrades will happen based on Custom Formats)</li>
</ol>
<p>At the bottom in your chosen profile you will see the added Custom Formats where you can start setting up the scores.</p>
<p>These screenshots are just examples to show you how it should look and where you need to place the data that you need to add, they aren't always a 100% reflection of the actual data and not always 100% up to date with the actual data you need to add.</p>
<ul>
<li>Always follow the data described in the guide.</li>
<li>If you got any questions or aren't sure just click the chat badge to join the Discord Channel where you can ask your questions directly.</li>
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<pclass="admonition-title">Keep in mind Custom Formats are made to fine tune your Quality Profile.<br/>Generally, quality trumps all</p>
<p>Custom formats are controlled by Quality Profiles.</p>
<ul>
<li>The Upgrade Until score prevents upgrading once a release with this desired score has been downloaded.</li>
<li>A score of 0 results in the custom format being informational only.</li>
<li>The Minimum score requires releases to reach this threshold otherwise they will be rejected.</li>
<li>Custom formats that match with undesirable attributes should be given a negative score to lower their appeal.</li>
<li>Outright rejections should be given a negative score low enough that even if all of the other formats with positive scores were added, the score would still fall below the minimum.</li>
<p>The Current logic on how downloads are compared is <strong>Quality Trumps All</strong><imgalt="‼"class="twemoji"src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/twemoji/14.0.2/svg/203c.svg"title=":bangbang:"/></p>
<p><ahref="https://wiki.servarr.com/sonarr/faq#how-are-possible-downloads-compared"rel="noopener noreferrer"target="_blank">Source: Wiki Servarr</a></p>
<p>REPACKS and PROPERs are v2 of Qualities and thus rank above a non-repack of the same quality.</p>
<p><code>Settings</code> =><code>Media Management</code> =><code>File Management</code> =><code>Proper & Repacks</code> Change to <code>Do Not Prefer</code> and use a preferred word regex of <code>/\b(repack|proper)\b/i</code></p>
<h2id="which-quality-profile-should-you-choose">Which Quality Profile should you choose<aclass="headerlink"href="#which-quality-profile-should-you-choose"title="Permanent link"></a></h2>
<p>All the used scores and combination of Custom Formats in this Guide are tested to get the desired results and prevent download loops as much as possible.</p>
<p>From experience most of the time when people change scores or leave out certain CF that work together they end up with undesired results.</p>
<p>If you're unsure or have questions do not hesitate to ask for help on Discord</p>
<li><strong>BR-DISK :</strong> This is a custom format to help Sonarr recognize & ignore BR-DISK (ISO's and Blu-ray folder structure) in addition to the standard BR-DISK quality.</li>
<li><strong>LQ:</strong> A collection of known Low Quality groups that are often banned from the the top trackers because the lack of quality or other reasons.</li>
<li>
<p><strong>x265 (HD):</strong> This blocks 720/1080p (HD) releases that are encoded in x265. - More info <ahref="/Misc/x265-4k/"rel="noopener noreferrer"target="_blank">HERE</a>.</p>
<pclass="admonition-title">Don't use this together with <ahref="/Sonarr/sonarr-collection-of-custom-formats/#x265-no-hdrdv">x265 (no HDR/DV)</a>, Only ever include one of them <imgalt="⚠"class="twemoji"src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/twemoji/14.0.2/svg/26a0.svg"title=":warning:"/></p>
<summary>Proper and Repacks - [CLICK TO EXPAND]</summary>
<p>I also suggest to change the Propers and Repacks settings in Sonarr</p>
<p><code>Media Management</code> =><code>File Management</code> to <code>Do Not Prefer</code> and use the <ahref="/Sonarr/sonarr-collection-of-custom-formats/#repackproper">Repack/Proper</a> Custom Format.</p>
<p><imgalt="❗"class="twemoji"src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/twemoji/14.0.2/svg/2757.svg"title=":exclamation:"/> = The reason why this Custom Format get's such a high score is because it's the only quality scene group that exist (till now) and scene groups don't add the Release Sources (Streaming Services) to their release name so they don't get the extra point of the Streaming Services.</p>
<p>I decided not to add <code>Audio Advanced</code> Custom Formats to the WEB profile, You will hardly find HD audio with WEB-DL (Most newer WEBDL will have Atmos). If you also want HD audio formats I would suggest to go for the Remuxes.</p>
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<pclass="admonition-title">Tip</p>
<p>The order listed in the profile matters even if a quality is not checked, for example if you have a 1080p version but wanted the SD version, Radarr will reject all SD results because 1080p is listed higher than SD even though 1080p was not checked.</p>
<p>Qualities at the top of the list will appear first in manual searches.</p>
<ul>
<li>Qualities higher in the list are more preferred even if not checked.</li>
<li>Qualities within the same group are equal.</li>
<li>Only checked qualities are wanted.</li>
</ul>
<p>This is why it's recommended to move the selected quality to the top of the list.</p>
<p><ahref="https://wiki.servarr.com/en/radarr/settings#quality-profiles"rel="noopener noreferrer"target="_blank">Source: Wiki Servarr</a></p>
<li>It will download WEB-DL 1080p. (If you also enabled <code>WEB 720p</code> and/or <code>HDTV 1080p</code> it will upgrade till <code>Upgrade Until</code>)</li>
<li>The downloaded media will be upgraded to any of the added Custom Formats until a score of 10000.</li>
<p>All the used scores and combination of Custom Formats in this Guide are tested to get the desired results and prevent download loops as much as possible.</p>
<p>From experience most of the time when people change scores or leave out certain CF that work together they end up with undesired results.</p>
<p>If you're unsure or have questions do not hesitate to ask for help on Discord</p>
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<pclass="admonition-title">Dolby Vision is available in several profiles</p>
<ul>
<li>Profile 5 - This is what comes with WEB-DL Dolby Vision release without HDR10 fallback.<br/> On a AppleTV, these do not reliably play with the Plex app but will work better with the third-party Infuse app. MP4 files tend to work better than MKV files, obviously MKV is preferable because of its support for lossless audio. (<em>Incompatible devices will playback with blown out pinks and greens</em>)</li>
<li>Profile 7 - This is what comes with HD Bluray Remuxes.<br/>These files will play on an Nvidia Shield (2019), but on most other players will revert to the HDR10 fallback.</li>
<li>Profile 8 - This is what comes with (Hybrid) WEB-DL releases (HULU), Hybrid UHD Remux and UHD BluRay releases - all of which have HDR10 fallback.<br/>This works with several mainstream media players,<br/> but the AppleTV can only play the HDR10 fallback. (<em>although your TV will incorrectly say that it is playing DV</em>).</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Meaning: Neither Infuse nor PLEX for AppleTV will deliver real Dolby Vision with Profile 7/8.</strong></p>
<p><aclass="glightbox"data-desc-position="bottom"data-description="- The yellow boxes match the Quality Profile on the right side of the Guide.<br>- If the Guide says <b>ALL</b> it means <b>ALL</b>. (<u>Even if you have a TV/Hardware Media Player that can't handle for example DV or HDR10+</u>,else you will limit yourself what you're able to get or get download loops, this also counts for the audio formats).<br><br><b>All the used scores and combination of Custom Formats in this Guide are tested to get the desired results and prevent download loops as much as possible.</b>"data-height="auto"data-title="Follow the flowchart, continue till you hit finished."data-width="100%"href="/Radarr/images/flowchart-hdr-formats.png"><imgalt="!HDR Formats Flowchart"data-description="- The yellow boxes match the Quality Profile on the right side of the Guide.<br>- If the Guide says <b>ALL</b> it means <b>ALL</b>. (<u>Even if you have a TV/Hardware Media Player that can't handle for example DV or HDR10+</u>,else you will limit yourself what you're able to get or get download loops, this also counts for the audio formats).<br><br><b>All the used scores and combination of Custom Formats in this Guide are tested to get the desired results and prevent download loops as much as possible.</b>"data-title="Follow the flowchart, continue till you hit finished."src="/Radarr/images/flowchart-hdr-formats.png"/></a></p>
<p>If you (or family members you share your collection with) have a setup that doesn't support Dolby Vision then it's best to add <strong>ALL</strong> the HDR Formats listed above (including <strong>ALL</strong> the DV ones (with and without HDR in it), It is important to also add the <ahref="/Sonarr/sonarr-collection-of-custom-formats/#dv-webdl">DV (WEBDL)</a> Custom Format with a score of -10000</p>
<li><strong>BR-DISK :</strong> This is a custom format to help Sonarr recognize & ignore BR-DISK (ISO's and Blu-ray folder structure) in addition to the standard BR-DISK quality.</li>
<li><strong>LQ:</strong> A collection of known Low Quality groups that are often banned from the the top trackers because the lack of quality or other reasons.</li>
<pclass="admonition-title"><strong>The <code>SDR</code> is a MUST for this Quality Profile</strong><imgalt="⚠"class="twemoji"src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/twemoji/14.0.2/svg/26a0.svg"title=":warning:"/></p>
<summary>Proper and Repacks - [CLICK TO EXPAND]</summary>
<p>I also suggest to change the Propers and Repacks settings in Sonarr</p>
<p><code>Media Management</code> =><code>File Management</code> to <code>Do Not Prefer</code> and use the <ahref="/Sonarr/sonarr-collection-of-custom-formats/#repackproper">Repack/Proper</a> Custom Format.</p>
<p><imgalt="❗"class="twemoji"src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/twemoji/14.0.2/svg/2757.svg"title=":exclamation:"/> = The reason why this Custom Format get's such a high score is because it's the only quality scene group that exist (till now) and scene groups don't add the Release Sources (Streaming Services) to their release name so they don't get the extra point of the Streaming Services.</p>
<p>I decided not to add <code>Audio Advanced</code> Custom Formats to the WEB profile, You will hardly find HD audio with WEB-DL (Most newer WEBDL will have Atmos). If you also want HD audio formats I would suggest to go for the Remuxes.</p>
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<pclass="admonition-title">Tip</p>
<p>The order listed in the profile matters even if a quality is not checked, for example if you have a 1080p version but wanted the SD version, Radarr will reject all SD results because 1080p is listed higher than SD even though 1080p was not checked.</p>
<p>Qualities at the top of the list will appear first in manual searches.</p>
<ul>
<li>Qualities higher in the list are more preferred even if not checked.</li>
<li>Qualities within the same group are equal.</li>
<li>Only checked qualities are wanted.</li>
</ul>
<p>This is why it's recommended to move the selected quality to the top of the list.</p>
<p><ahref="https://wiki.servarr.com/en/radarr/settings#quality-profiles"rel="noopener noreferrer"target="_blank">Source: Wiki Servarr</a></p>
<p>All the used scores and combination of Custom Formats in this Guide are tested to get the desired results and prevent download loops as much as possible.</p>
<p>From experience most of the time when people change scores or leave out certain CF that work together they end up with undesired results.</p>
<p>If you're unsure or have questions do not hesitate to ask for help on Discord</p>
<summary>All HDR Formats - [CLICK TO EXPAND]</summary>
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<divclass="admonition info">
<pclass="admonition-title">Dolby Vision is available in several profiles</p>
<ul>
<li>Profile 5 - This is what comes with WEB-DL Dolby Vision release without HDR10 fallback.<br/> On a AppleTV, these do not reliably play with the Plex app but will work better with the third-party Infuse app. MP4 files tend to work better than MKV files, obviously MKV is preferable because of its support for lossless audio. (<em>Incompatible devices will playback with blown out pinks and greens</em>)</li>
<li>Profile 7 - This is what comes with HD Bluray Remuxes.<br/>These files will play on an Nvidia Shield (2019), but on most other players will revert to the HDR10 fallback.</li>
<li>Profile 8 - This is what comes with (Hybrid) WEB-DL releases (HULU), Hybrid UHD Remux and UHD BluRay releases - all of which have HDR10 fallback.<br/>This works with several mainstream media players,<br/> but the AppleTV can only play the HDR10 fallback. (<em>although your TV will incorrectly say that it is playing DV</em>).</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Meaning: Neither Infuse nor PLEX for AppleTV will deliver real Dolby Vision with Profile 7/8.</strong></p>
<p><aclass="glightbox"data-desc-position="bottom"data-description="- The yellow boxes match the Quality Profile on the right side of the Guide.<br>- If the Guide says <b>ALL</b> it means <b>ALL</b>. (<u>Even if you have a TV/Hardware Media Player that can't handle for example DV or HDR10+</u>, else you will limit yourself what you're able to get or get download loops, this also counts for the audio formats).<br><br><b>All the used scores and combination of Custom Formats in this Guide are tested to get the desired results and prevent download loops as much as possible.</b>"data-height="auto"data-title="Follow the flowchart, continue till you hit finished."data-width="100%"href="/Radarr/images/flowchart-hdr-formats.png"><imgalt="!HDR Formats Flowchart"data-description="- The yellow boxes match the Quality Profile on the right side of the Guide.<br>- If the Guide says <b>ALL</b> it means <b>ALL</b>. (<u>Even if you have a TV/Hardware Media Player that can't handle for example DV or HDR10+</u>, else you will limit yourself what you're able to get or get download loops, this also counts for the audio formats).<br><br><b>All the used scores and combination of Custom Formats in this Guide are tested to get the desired results and prevent download loops as much as possible.</b>"data-title="Follow the flowchart, continue till you hit finished."src="/Radarr/images/flowchart-hdr-formats.png"/></a></p>
<p>If you (or family members you share your collection with) have a setup that doesn't support Dolby Vision then it's best to add <strong>ALL</strong> the HDR Formats listed above (including <strong>ALL</strong> the DV ones (with and without HDR in it), It is important to also add the <ahref="/Sonarr/sonarr-collection-of-custom-formats/#dv-webdl">DV (WEBDL)</a> Custom Format with a score of -10000</p>
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<h3id="hdr-formats-dv-webdl">HDR Formats + DV (WEBDL)<aclass="headerlink"href="#hdr-formats-dv-webdl"title="Permanent link"></a></h3>
<ul>
<li>Not all devices in your chain support Dolby Vision.</li>
<li>You share your media library with other family members that don't have Dolby Vision compatible devices.</li>
</ul>
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<p>I suggest to follow the following Guides first.</p>
<p>All the used scores and combination of Custom Formats in this Guide are tested to get the desired results and prevent download loops as much as possible.</p>
<p>From experience most of the time when people change scores or leave out certain CF that work together they end up with undesired results.</p>
<p>If you're unsure or have questions do not hesitate to ask for help on Discord</p>
<p><aclass="glightbox"data-desc-position="bottom"data-description="- The yellow boxes match the Quality Profile on the right side of the Guide.<br>- If the Guide says <b>ALL</b> it means <b>ALL</b>. (<u>Even if you have a TV/Hardware Media Player that can't handle for example DV or HDR10+</u>, else you will limit yourself what you're able to get or get download loops, this also counts for the audio formats).<br><br><b>All the used scores and combination of Custom Formats in this Guide are tested to get the desired results and prevent download loops as much as possible.</b>"data-height="auto"data-title="Follow the flowchart, continue till you hit finished."data-width="100%"href="/Radarr/images/flowchart-hdr-formats.png"><imgalt="!HDR Formats Flowchart"data-description="- The yellow boxes match the Quality Profile on the right side of the Guide.<br>- If the Guide says <b>ALL</b> it means <b>ALL</b>. (<u>Even if you have a TV/Hardware Media Player that can't handle for example DV or HDR10+</u>, else you will limit yourself what you're able to get or get download loops, this also counts for the audio formats).<br><br><b>All the used scores and combination of Custom Formats in this Guide are tested to get the desired results and prevent download loops as much as possible.</b>"data-title="Follow the flowchart, continue till you hit finished."src="/Radarr/images/flowchart-hdr-formats.png"/></a></p>
<p>If you (or family members you share your collection with) have a setup that doesn't support Dolby Vision then it's best to add <strong>ALL</strong> the HDR Formats listed above (including <strong>ALL</strong> the DV ones (with and without HDR in it), It is important to also add the <ahref="/Sonarr/sonarr-collection-of-custom-formats/#dv-webdl">DV (WEBDL)</a> Custom Format with a score of -10000</p>
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<h3id="hdr-formats-dv-webdl-hdr10-boost">HDR Formats + DV (WEBDL) + HDR10+ Boost<aclass="headerlink"href="#hdr-formats-dv-webdl-hdr10-boost"title="Permanent link"></a></h3>
<ul>
<li>Not all devices in your chain support Dolby Vision.</li>
<li>You share your media library with other family members that don't have Dolby Vision compatible devices.</li>
<li>You have a (Samsung) TV that supports HDR10+.</li>
</ul>
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<p>I suggest to follow the following Guides first.</p>
<p>All the used scores and combination of Custom Formats in this Guide are tested to get the desired results and prevent download loops as much as possible.</p>
<p>From experience most of the time when people change scores or leave out certain CF that work together they end up with undesired results.</p>
<p>If you're unsure or have questions do not hesitate to ask for help on Discord</p>
<summary>All HDR Formats + DV (WEBDL) + HDR10+ Boost - [CLICK TO EXPAND]</summary>
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<divclass="admonition info">
<pclass="admonition-title">Dolby Vision is available in several profiles</p>
<ul>
<li>Profile 5 - This is what comes with WEB-DL Dolby Vision release without HDR10 fallback.<br/> On a AppleTV, these do not reliably play with the Plex app but will work better with the third-party Infuse app. MP4 files tend to work better than MKV files, obviously MKV is preferable because of its support for lossless audio. (<em>Incompatible devices will playback with blown out pinks and greens</em>)</li>
<li>Profile 7 - This is what comes with HD Bluray Remuxes.<br/>These files will play on an Nvidia Shield (2019), but on most other players will revert to the HDR10 fallback.</li>
<li>Profile 8 - This is what comes with (Hybrid) WEB-DL releases (HULU), Hybrid UHD Remux and UHD BluRay releases - all of which have HDR10 fallback.<br/>This works with several mainstream media players,<br/> but the AppleTV can only play the HDR10 fallback. (<em>although your TV will incorrectly say that it is playing DV</em>).</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Meaning: Neither Infuse nor PLEX for AppleTV will deliver real Dolby Vision with Profile 7/8.</strong></p>
<p><aclass="glightbox"data-desc-position="bottom"data-description="- The yellow boxes match the Quality Profile on the right side of the Guide.<br>- If the Guide says <b>ALL</b> it means <b>ALL</b>. (<u>Even if you have a TV/Hardware Media Player that can't handle for example DV or HDR10+</u>, else you will limit yourself what you're able to get or get download loops, this also counts for the audio formats).<br><br><b>All the used scores and combination of Custom Formats in this Guide are tested to get the desired results and prevent download loops as much as possible.</b>"data-height="auto"data-title="Follow the flowchart, continue till you hit finished."data-width="100%"href="/Radarr/images/flowchart-hdr-formats.png"><imgalt="!HDR Formats Flowchart"data-description="- The yellow boxes match the Quality Profile on the right side of the Guide.<br>- If the Guide says <b>ALL</b> it means <b>ALL</b>. (<u>Even if you have a TV/Hardware Media Player that can't handle for example DV or HDR10+</u>, else you will limit yourself what you're able to get or get download loops, this also counts for the audio formats).<br><br><b>All the used scores and combination of Custom Formats in this Guide are tested to get the desired results and prevent download loops as much as possible.</b>"data-title="Follow the flowchart, continue till you hit finished."src="/Radarr/images/flowchart-hdr-formats.png"/></a></p>
<p>If you (or family members you share your collection with) have a setup that doesn't support Dolby Vision then it's best to add <strong>ALL</strong> the HDR Formats listed above (including <strong>ALL</strong> the DV ones (with and without HDR in it), It is important to also add the <ahref="/Sonarr/sonarr-collection-of-custom-formats/#dv-webdl">DV (WEBDL)</a> Custom Format with a score of -10000</p>
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<h2id="faq-info">FAQ & INFO<aclass="headerlink"href="#faq-info"title="Permanent link"></a></h2>
<h3id="why-only-web-dl">Why only WEB-DL<aclass="headerlink"href="#why-only-web-dl"title="Permanent link"></a></h3>
<summary>Why do you only have a release profile for WEB-DL - [CLICK TO EXPAND]</summary>
<p>I only do WEB-DL my self for TV shows because in my opinion WEB-DL is the sweet spot between quality and size and you often don't see big differences anyway for TV shows. (Except for shows like GOT, Vikings, etc)</p>
<summary>Why do you prefer P2P groups over scene groups - [CLICK TO EXPAND]</summary>
<p>Scene groups always release in a rush to bring it out as fast as possible.</p>
<p>So I noticed often that I got Repacks/Proper releases from them or from different groups and quality. P2P releases are a bit smarter and work sort of together by not doing the same release. Also, I noticed that with some scene releases the 5.1 audio was stripped out or converted to AAC audio.</p>
<p>In my opinion the P2P releases are of better quality. There's one scene group that does bring out quality releases <code>-deflate</code>/<code>-inflate</code>.</p>
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<h3id="why-so-many-repackspropers">Why so many repacks/propers<aclass="headerlink"href="#why-so-many-repackspropers"title="Permanent link"></a></h3>
<summary>Why do I see so many repacks/propers of Amazon WEB-DLs lately - [CLICK TO EXPAND]</summary>
<p>A large portion of Amazon WEB-DLs in the last week have only had 192Kbps DD+5.1, because that's all Amazon made available initially. The proper 640Kbps DD+5.1 audio might appear a few hours later or a few months, but when they get updated, the episodes will be REPACKED.</p>
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<h3id="proper-and-repacks">Proper and Repacks<aclass="headerlink"href="#proper-and-repacks"title="Permanent link"></a></h3>
<detailsclass="tip">
<summary>Proper and Repacks - [CLICK TO EXPAND]</summary>
<p>I also suggest to change the Propers and Repacks settings in Sonarr</p>
<p><code>Media Management</code> =><code>File Management</code> to <code>Do Not Prefer</code> and use the <ahref="/Sonarr/sonarr-collection-of-custom-formats/#repackproper">Repack/Proper</a> Custom Format.</p>
<p>This way you make sure the Custom Format preferences will be used instead.</p>
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<h3id="custom-formats-to-avoid-certain-releases">Custom Formats to avoid certain releases<aclass="headerlink"href="#custom-formats-to-avoid-certain-releases"title="Permanent link"></a></h3>
<summary>How to use a Custom Format to avoid certain releases? - [CLICK TO EXPAND]</summary>
<p>For Custom Formats you really want to avoid, set it to something really low like <code>-10000</code> and not something like <code>-10</code>.
Being when you add a Custom Format what you prefer and you set it to something like <code>+10</code> it could happen that for example the <code>BR-DISK</code> will be downloaded (-10)+(+10)=0 and if your <code>Minimum Custom Format Score</code> is set at <code>0</code>.</p>
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<h3id="releases-you-should-avoid">Releases you should avoid<aclass="headerlink"href="#releases-you-should-avoid"title="Permanent link"></a></h3>
<p>This is a must have for every Quality Profile you use in my opinion. All these Custom Formats make sure you don't get Low Quality Releases.</p>
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<li><strong>BR-DISK :</strong> This is a custom format to help Sonarr recognize & ignore BR-DISK (ISO's and Blu-ray folder structure) in addition to the standard BR-DISK quality.</li>
<li><strong>LQ:</strong> A collection of known Low Quality groups that are often banned from the the top trackers because the lack of quality or other reasons.</li>
<li>
<p><strong>x265 (HD):</strong> This blocks 720/1080p (HD) releases that are encoded in x265. - More info <ahref="/Misc/x265-4k/"rel="noopener noreferrer"target="_blank">HERE</a>.</p>
<pclass="admonition-title">Don't use this together with <ahref="/Sonarr/sonarr-collection-of-custom-formats/#x265-no-hdrdv">x265 (no HDR/DV)</a>, Only ever include one of them <imgalt="⚠"class="twemoji"src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/twemoji/14.0.2/svg/26a0.svg"title=":warning:"/></p>
<h3id="custom-formats-with-a-score-of-0">Custom Formats with a score of 0<aclass="headerlink"href="#custom-formats-with-a-score-of-0"title="Permanent link"></a></h3>
<p>Elsewhere in the guide, you will find a separate group of custom formats called <code>Audio Channels</code>. These will match the number of audio channels in a release, for example 2.0 (stereo) or 5.1/7.1 (surround sound). Personally I wouldn't add the audio channels Custom Formats as you could limit yourself in the amount of releases you're able to get. Only use them if you have a specific need for them.</p>
<p>Using it with any kind of Remuxes Quality Profile is useless in my opinion being that 99% of all remuxes are multi audio anyway. You can get better scores just using the <code>Audio Advanced</code> Custom Formats.</p>
<h3id="avoid-using-the-x264x265-custom-format">Avoid using the x264/x265 Custom Format<aclass="headerlink"href="#avoid-using-the-x264x265-custom-format"title="Permanent link"></a></h3>
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<summary>Avoid using the x264/x265 Custom Format - [CLICK TO EXPAND]</summary>
<p>Avoid using the x264/x265 Custom Format with a score if possible, it's smarter to use the <ahref="/Sonarr/sonarr-collection-of-custom-formats/#x265-hd"rel="noopener noreferrer"target="_blank">x265 (HD)</a> Custom Format.</p>
<p>Something like 95% of video files are x264 and have much better direct play support. If you have more than a of couple users, you will notice much more transcoding.</p>
<p>Use x265 only for 4k releases and the <ahref="/Sonarr/sonarr-collection-of-custom-formats/#x265-hd"rel="noopener noreferrer"target="_blank">x265 (HD)</a> makes sure you still get the x265 releases.</p>
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